I can not decide on guitar to buy

[neilr]

New US strats are definatley better built than the new Gibsons at the moment. GIbson quality has slipped badley in the last few years IMO.

[SaliMali]

Spot on- the Les Paul standard was the only guitar I've ever bought that needed a pro setup straight away.Shocking build quality-even on the 'custom shop' ones.

[bigbadbikercats]

Nadyenka said:

I have enough money to buy second guitar now but I can not decide which to buy.

Gibson ES335 re issue
Fender Telecaster US
Fender Stratocaster US

In one form or the other (early '80s Fender USA Tele, mid '80s Fender Japan '60s reissue Strat, Epiphone Dot Studio) I've actually got all of those bases covered and wouldn't willingly be parted from any of them. If I really and truly was only allowed to keep one of them it would probably be the Telecaster for sheer pleasure of playing and (for want of a better phrase) pride of ownership although the Strat is nearly as nice and might just possibly shade it on versatility and outright usefulness.

That said, if I was starting from scratch and looking for One Guitar To Rule Them All I suspect a stripped back (hardtail, no fancy top, no birds, no gold) PRS Custom 22 would be looming large towards the top of the shortlist. I used to be very sceptical about PRS but my son's SE Singlecut (a damned good guitar in its own right!) made enough of an impression that A) I bought my own SE singlecut Soapbar and B) I sought out a couple of the original and genuine, full fat American built models to try out and was very impressed on all counts, they're just so damned nice to handle and have an impressively wide pallette of sounds for a simple 2 humbucker layout...

Getting back to the original question, while I fully understand the appeal of Shiny New Guitars (or better still dinged up old ones!) I can't help feeling that with three such disparate (and all lovely!) instruments on the short list it might be a bit too soon in your evolution as a player to be spending Big Money, that maybe you ought to spend a bit more time playing other peoples guitars, developing your own style, and finding your own voice, and that when the time comes when you're ready to commit yourself to that guitar (which in my case was the Telecaster) you won't need to ask advice on anything beyond which is the best year and whether it's worth spending a few quid on upgrading hardware/pickups/whatever because you'll just know ...

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JG

[Nadyenka]

To let every one know I buy US deluxe Stratocaster and I very happy with it. I keep my old one also though because I like also even if they very much same.

[Rollin]

long time

[wasted years]

Nadyenka said:

To let every one know I buy US deluxe Stratocaster and I very happy with it. I keep my old one also though because I like also even if they very much same.

[bga]

SaliMali said:

bga said:

Stamp said:

SaliMali said:

Honestly-none of them.Save up a bit more and get a PRS Mira, put the pickups on ebay and get BKP Mule and a BKP Cold Sweat and have it set up properly.

Don't worry about saving up. Just find a Patrick Eggle early years Berlin. Job Done. No fancy PRS label price hike

Problem is that lots of other people are also looking for them & unless you are lucky prices are close to a reasonable PRS

Had a Berlin-sold it when I bought my PRS Custom 24.No comparison IMO

I played an early Berlin a while back & it was very similar to play as my brothers Custom 22. It did belong to his guitar tech so I figure it was pretty well set up.
I do hanker after a singlecut though.

[Nadyenka]

Is really great I think I make right choice.Now I go to play it